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as collectors know, the males of most, if not all, species of butterflies 

 appear some days earlier than the females, and disppear as much 

 sooner. 



That so large a butterfly should have escaped notice renders it not 

 unlikely that other species remain to be discovered among the moun- 

 tains of the Southern States, which have been little explored by ento- 

 mologists. 



That part of West Virginia is very rich in Lepidoptera, the config- 

 uration of the country compelling them to concentrate in the deep, 

 warm valleys. Papilios Turnus^ Troilus, Philenor^ Asterias and 3Iar- 

 cellus are seen in great numbers. The black variety of Turnus female 

 ( Glaucus) appeared to me as numerous as the males, and very much 

 more so than the yellow. I saw one P. Cresphontcs upon the '^ iron 

 weed," but could not take it. 



Of the Argynnides, Ci/hele was plenty, Aphrodite rare. E. Claudin 

 was common. So also were the Vanessas Antiopa, Atalanta, Hunteru, 

 Interrogationis, Progne and Comma. Terias Nicippe was abundant ; 

 T. Lisa rare. Colias Philodice and Pieris Protodice abundant. 



I also took Apatura Oelt.is, Debis Portlandia, N. Sus^bixis, Euri/- 

 thris and Gemma. I saw no Alope or Nepliele. Eudamus Tityrus is 

 in great numbers. Lycidas rare. I saw but few of the smaller Hes- 

 perians. Of these, Otho was quite common. Leonard ua 1 saw twice 

 only. I took two of Theda Poeas^ much to my surprise, as this is sup- 

 posed to be a strictly southern species. 



In the month of June last, I saw in the Kanawha valley great num- 

 bers of Lycasnidae, especially of Pseudargiolus. About the 20th of 

 the month I took nearly sixty specimens, four-fifths of which were fresh 

 females. By the 20th the males of Neglecta and Lucia began to appear, 

 but seemed comparatively rare. The resemblance of both sexes of 

 Pseudargiolus in size and coloring of upper surface to Argiolus of Eu- 

 rope is very striking. 



Limenitis Ursula was abundant at that season, constantly to be 

 seen upon the road, where it would collect in clusters. There is a va- 

 riety of this species in which the blue shade is replaced by green in 

 both sexes, and the female is as distinctly marked as the male. This 

 is well represented in Abbot's figure. Perhaps one-third of these I 

 took were of this green variety. In the Northern States the female of 



